Rugby Ready

Welcome to Rugby Ready - devised by World Rugby. The Rugby Ready programme is intended to raise awareness of good practice and help stakeholders manage the inherent risks of a contact sport by putting appropriate safeguards in place.

The Rugby Ready web site is a powerful online resource that you can register to use for free. You can use the site to build, refresh and test your knowledge of the physical aspects of the Game.

Tag

Coaching provides a rich and rewarding experience for you and the players you coach. Tag Rugby offers an ideal medium for introducing you to coaching sport and more specifically to coaching rugby in an enjoyable, simple and safe way. Tag Rugby is a fast-moving, non-contact invasion game suitable for boys and girls to play together.

Continuity - Pre Contact

Coaches are often tempted to coach through Drills when looking at developing technique and skill.

This course looks at how smaller skill development sessions can still be game related and develop creativity and decision making in players, as well as revisiting the principles of coaching process learned in Level 1.

The course should be taken in the context of the Kids First Coaching Through Games CPD.

Continuity - Post Contact

This course will explore how children can be helped to acquire the skills to play rugby as the flowing, continuous game they love to play.

The course will encourage coaches to explore more effective and engaging alternatives to "Drilling" technique into players, developing children who not only have technique, but also can apply techniques in game context to produce skilful players.

REFEREEING

How to get involved in officiating

Why referee?

There are a whole host of reasons why you might take up the whistle: to remain active in the sport following injury or retirement, to make new and lasting friends within the game, or to gain a sense of achievement by providing an invaluable service to players, coaches and spectators alike.

Whatever the reason, refereeing is challenging, rewarding and above all, can be great fun.

It’s easy to become a referee and start refereeing!

The first step is to attend one of the two courses listed below, and you’re on your way. The minimum age to become a rugby union referee is 14.

If you wish to start refereeing U8 to U12... You need to attend a course called:

Level 1 – Refereeing Children. This course is designed to provide new referees with the core skills to be able to referee rugby union safely and confidently. It takes 3 hours and is a mixture of practical and classroom based activities.

If you wish to start refereeing U13 and above... You need to attend a course called:

Level 2 – Refereeing the 15-a-side game. This course is for new and developing referees wanting to referee the 15-a-side game and will equip delegates with the skills and confidence to do so effectively. It takes 12 hours and is a mixture of practical and classroom based activities.